5 of the worst Premier League strikers so far in 2017/18

Modified Dec 11, 2020 14:24 GMT

Christian Benteke has been in horrendous form this season

#1 Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City)

Kelechi Iheanacho has yet to score a Premier League goal for Leicester

Okay, so it’s true that Kelechi Iheanacho has hardly been given a lot of playing time in the Premier League this season for Leicester City – 3 starts and 8 appearances from the bench – but any striker has to be judged on goals and even perennial Chelsea sub Michy Batshuayi managed 2 league goals before being shipped off on loan to Borussia Dortmund. Iheanacho, meanwhile, has a grand total of zero Premier League goals in 2017/18.

That’s simply not good enough for a man who cost the Foxes a pretty hefty £25 million fee from Manchester City in the summer. At City, it was always likely that he’d be used as a substitute given their attacking riches, but at Leicester, he had to have expected more playing time despite the existence of Jamie Vardy.

But that just hasn’t been the case and when he has featured, he’s struggled to impress both pundits and his two managers – Craig Shakespeare and now Claude Puel.

Recently the young Nigerian’s form has begun to improve – he scored four goals in two FA Cup ties in January, and then assisted in Jamie Vardy’s goal against Swansea this weekend and was named Man of the Match in some publications.

But with no Premier League goals still to his credit and Vardy and Shinji Okazaki still ahead of him in the pecking order, he’s got a long way to go before he’s considered anything more than a flop this season.

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